Foundation

Learn from a community of expert in Fab City Foundation

Foundation working for social and environmental innovation

Based in e-Estonia, the Fab City Foundation supports the global initiative through the development of projects for social innovation, research, and courses on urban innovation. The Foundation facilitates the Network of cities, hosts the annual Summit in collaboration with a local host, and leads strategic action research on innovative city models like the Fab City Full Stack and PITO to DIDO model.

Team

Supervisory Board

Sherry Lassiter

Sherry Lassiter

Fab Foundation

Liz Corbin

Liz Corbin

Co-funder and CEO Materiom

Francesco Cingolani

Francesco Cingolani

Volumes, Fab City Grand Paris

Julie Hjort

Julie Hjort

Chair of the Board
Danish Design Centre

Daniel Ibáñez

Daniel Ibáñez

Director of IAAC

Erkki Karo

Erkki Karo

TalTech

Executive Board

Tomas Diez

Tomas Diez

Executive Director

Kate Armstrong

Kate Armstrong

Strategic Director

Lucas Lemos

Lucas Lemos

Admin Director

Team

Vasilis Niaros

Vasilis Niaros

Research & Innovation Lead

Carolina Ferro

Carolina Ferro

Ecosystem Lead

Josefina Nano

Josefina Nano

Programs Lead

Ilenia Pennacchio

Ilenia Pennacchio

Communication Lead

Lucas Marangoni

Lucas Marangoni

Operations Lead

Norella Coronell

Norella Coronell

Production Manager

Freda Yamorti Gbande

Freda Yamorti Gbande

Knowledge Manager

Tomas Vivanco

Tomas Vivanco

MDDI Co-Director

Mitalee Parikh

Mitalee Parikh

Project Manager

Daan Sonnemans

Daan Sonnemans

Program Assistant

Ámbar Tenorio-Fornés

Ámbar Tenorio-Fornés

Project Expert

Nikiforos Tsiouris

Nikiforos Tsiouris

EU Projects Administrator

Diego Ainse

Diego Ainse

Project Assistant

Open and accessible research

Facilitating open design, research, and innovation with cities and communities.

The Foundation follows strategic research lines to meet our long-term plan to make cities produce (almost) everything they consume. Through our projects, courses, networks, and events we seek best practices for smart cities, green innovation, digital transition, and community building. We focus on producing high-quality case studies and outputs for take-up in and beyond our network of cities and regions and undertake high-level research with collaborators which you can read about on our research blog.

The Fab City Foundation is committed to fostering open and accessible research.

The founders

Logo Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT
P2P Lab research collective

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